...them; they have allowed them to be whitecapped and their homes burned, with only the weakest and the most spasmodic efforts to apprehend or punish those guilty— when any efforts were made at all. Has not the Negro been given the strongest proof that he has no assured right to live, to own property,...

...lynched, five at a time, on nothing stronger than suspicion . . . they have allowed them to be whitecapped and their homes burned, with only the weakest and...those guilty — when any efforts were made at all. Has not the Negro been given the strongest proof that he has no assured right to live, to own property,...

...stronger than suspicion; they have allowed whole sections to be depopulated of them; they have allowed them to be whitecapped and to be whipped, and their...activity against negroes often charged only with ordinary crimes.32 By 1917, even the Atlanta Constitution had experienced a change of heart. This newspaper...

...than suspicion; they have allowed whole sections to be depopulated of them . . . they have allowed them to be whitecapped and to be whipped, and their...those guilty — when any efforts were made at all. The Constitution said, "The loss of her best labor is another penalty Georgia is paying for indifference...